• PPB: Daffodils / William Wordsworth

    From georgedance04@georgedance04@yahoo-dot-ca.no-spam.invalid (George J. Dance) to rec.arts.poems on Sun Apr 19 12:23:43 2026
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    Sunday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
    Daffodils, by William Wordsworth

    I wander'd lonely as a cloud
    That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
    When all at once I saw a crowd,
    A host, of golden daffodils
    [...]

    (read for Inspired Nature)

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/04/daffodils-i-wandered-lonely-as-cloud.html
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  • From John@Man@the.keyboard to rec.arts.poems on Sun Apr 19 18:57:09 2026
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    On Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:23:43 -0400,
    georgedance04@yahoo-dot-ca.no-spam.invalid (George J. Dance) wrote:

    Sunday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
    Daffodils, by William Wordsworth

    I wander'd lonely as a cloud
    That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
    When all at once I saw a crowd,
    A host, of golden daffodils

    And when I went back another day
    The Council guy had mown them all away
    For even though we planted them
    In loving memoriam
    And we'd told the Council of our plans
    Their POLICY took greater precedence
    For mowing lawns was important
    To health and safety of the lands.

    And beauty matters not.

    J.


    [...]

    (read for Inspired Nature)

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/04/daffodils-i-wandered-lonely-as-cloud.html
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  • From georgedance04@georgedance04@yahoo-dot-ca.no-spam.invalid (George J. Dance) to rec.arts.poems on Wed Apr 22 09:54:28 2026
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    John wrote:
    On Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:23:43 -0400, georgedance04@yahoo-dot-ca.no-spam.invalid (George J. Dance) wrote:


    Sunday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
    Daffodils, by William Wordsworth

    I wander'd lonely as a cloud
    That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
    When all at once I saw a crowd,
    A host, of golden daffodils



    And when I went back another day
    The Council guy had mown them all away
    For even though we planted them
    In loving memoriam
    And we'd told the Council of our plans
    Their POLICY took greater precedence
    For mowing lawns was important
    To health and safety of the lands.

    And beauty matters not.
    J

    [...]

    (read for Inspired Nature)

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/04/daffodils-i-wandered-lonely-as-cloud.html




    That's sad John. Is it based on a true incident?


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  • From mummycullen@mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) to rec.arts.poems on Wed Apr 22 10:23:57 2026
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    John wrote:
    On Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:23:43 -0400, georgedance04@yahoo-dot-ca.no-spam.invalid (George J. Dance) wrote:


    Sunday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
    Daffodils, by William Wordsworth

    I wander'd lonely as a cloud
    That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
    When all at once I saw a crowd,
    A host, of golden daffodils



    And when I went back another day
    The Council guy had mown them all away
    For even though we planted them
    In loving memoriam
    And we'd told the Council of our plans
    Their POLICY took greater precedence
    For mowing lawns was important
    To health and safety of the lands.

    And beauty matters not.

    J.



    [...]

    (read for Inspired Nature)

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/04/daffodils-i-wandered-lonely-as-cloud.html





    Where was this at that they did that?


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  • From will.dockery@will.dockery@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (Will-Dockery) to rec.arts.poems on Thu Apr 23 09:04:48 2026
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    John wrote:
    On Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:23:43 -0400, georgedance04@yahoo-dot-ca.no-spam.invalid (George J. Dance) wrote:


    Sunday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
    Daffodils, by William Wordsworth

    I wander'd lonely as a cloud
    That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
    When all at once I saw a crowd,
    A host, of golden daffodils



    And when I went back another day
    The Council guy had mown them all away
    For even though we planted them
    In loving memoriam
    And we'd told the Council of our plans
    Their POLICY took greater precedence
    For mowing lawns was important
    To health and safety of the lands.

    And beauty matters not.

    J.



    [...]

    (read for Inspired Nature)

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/04/daffodils-i-wandered-lonely-as-cloud.html




    Hello John, that's typical for life in these modern times.


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  • From John@Man@the.keyboard to rec.arts.poems on Fri Apr 24 02:46:17 2026
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    On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:54:28 -0400,
    georgedance04@yahoo-dot-ca.no-spam.invalid (George J. Dance) wrote:

    John wrote:
    On Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:23:43 -0400,
    georgedance04@yahoo-dot-ca.no-spam.invalid (George J. Dance) wrote:


    Sunday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
    Daffodils, by William Wordsworth

    I wander'd lonely as a cloud
    That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
    When all at once I saw a crowd,
    A host, of golden daffodils



    And when I went back another day
    The Council guy had mown them all away
    For even though we planted them
    In loving memoriam
    And we'd told the Council of our plans
    Their POLICY took greater precedence
    For mowing lawns was important
    To health and safety of the lands.

    And beauty matters not.
    J

    [...]

    (read for Inspired Nature)

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/04/daffodils-i-wandered-lonely-as-cloud.html




    That's sad John. Is it based on a true incident?

    Yes.

    J.
    J.



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  • From John@Man@the.keyboard to rec.arts.poems on Fri Apr 24 03:22:54 2026
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    On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:04:48 -0400,
    will.dockery@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (Will-Dockery) wrote:


    <<snipped>>





    Hello John, that's typical for life in these modern times.

    Yep.

    The Silence
    ###########

    We had a window
    To be the cradle of Life
    We threw it away.

    J.


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  • From John@Man@the.keyboard to rec.arts.poems on Fri Apr 24 03:36:08 2026
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    On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:23:57 -0400,
    mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) wrote:

    <<snipped>>


    Where was this at that they did that?



    ################ Quote from the web-page: ##################

    Victoria Bromley said her four-year-old daughter had a great time
    planting the bulbs.

    "I was so excited to bring her back, that was her little patch of
    flowers, so to see them cut off at the stalks is such an own goal by
    the council."

    ################ end quote. ###################


    Bristol, in the England bit of UKland. I found the report:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqw01zg7qjo

    and the Council "apologising":

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8gl9y2yk0o they even offered
    to *pay* for new bulbs.

    Little Girl will be *so* thrilled.



    J.
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